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Part three of our Big Derby Discussion focuses on the Wear-Tyne goal threats.

Is Aleksandar Mitrovic causing anxiety for Sam Allardyce – and should Newcastle United be worried about Fabio Borini again? Out derby round-table, featuring Malcolm Macdonald and Julio Arca and in association with Town Centre Citroen, tackles the big issues.

Mark: Do Newcastle have someone up front who reminds you of Alan Shearer? It’s a little bit early for it but he’s got that sort of presence about him and he carries himself as someone who might be up for the derby, does Aleksandar Mitrovic.

Supermac: He’s got a fantastic attitude and they’ve obviously been working hard with him.

He is using his ability and skill as well. But I’ve never seen a player love it so much!

Whether he’s coming on or off or scoring or defending, he just absolutely loves it. He’s got the biggest smile on his face that I’ve ever seen from a footballer and he loves what he’s doing.

He must be absolutely brilliant on the training field and in the dressing room. He does leap well as well, he gets above it and he’s brilliant at it.

Julio: He has that hunger. He has real hunger. You can see that he’s got something extra and people love it here. If you work hard, you’re competitive as well and you’re quite mature then people love him.

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Supermac: If you’ve got a player like that you need to make sure he’s getting constant service. Earlier in the season I don’t think Newcastle were getting enough crosses into the box. Now they are starting to.

Mark: Sunderland have players who can cause problems as well. Borini’s an interesting one because he can get into the areas of the pitch where he can cause problems too.

Julio: It depends where he’s going to play. Will he play in front of the midfield and behind the strikers? Because if he does he can cause problems.

I would play him linked into the strikers. If you have him next to the strikers, he can get that second ball and work around there. He can turn defenders and when we’re in attack he can do that. When we don’t have the ball he’s almost like another midfielder for us in that role.

You have five midfielders with him in there too and when we attack he’s linking in with strikers. I think he’ll probably play on the left again.

Supermac: He’s starting to sound good by the way, so let’s stop talking about him!